okay so. I liked this. but I haven't picked it up since January 2019 when I was in my first trimester and one of the side effects of my pregnancy was that just looking at books made me nauseated. at this point I would need to start again from the beginning, and this is a fucking tome. 827 pages. and it wasn't gonna be 5 stars, probably somewhere in the 3-4 range. so we're just gonna part ways.